Early Life: Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates the III. He was born on October 28 1955, in Seattle, Washington, were he grew up with his two sisters, mother and father. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a school teacher.
Education: Gates went to public school for his first few years of school, but soon transferred to Lakeside a private school in Seattle Washington. There Gates found his passion for programming. During his time at Lakeside, he was found to be brilliant in Maths and Sciences, as well as English. Lakeside was grades 5-12. After he finished at Lakeside, Gates went on to Harvard University, where he studied law. While at Harvard he met Steve Balmer, who became Microsoft's chief executive officer. His future in law did not last long as he dropped out in his junior year to pursue Microsoft.
Gates receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Microsoft: Gates and a childhood friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975, but 1979 was when the most happened in the company. They moved their office from New Mexico to Washington, they were the first to win the ICP million dollar award for their microprocessor, their market broadened to Europe, and they changed the company name from Micro-soft to Microsoft.
Achievements: Bill Gates biggest achievement was Microsoft, but he also has won many awards, such as the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society. In 1999 Gates wrote a non-fiction book called 'Business @ The Speed of Thought' where talks about how technology can help run businesses in today's society.
Quotes: "People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they?" "Life's not fair - get used to it!" "To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks" "If you can't make it good, at least make it look good"
Bill Gates' book published in 1999
Computer Background: Computers came out at the time Gates was 13, he made a comment in an interview saying "I and a few others were the 'computer experts' and [the teachers] were nice enough to let us do the scheduling for classes" (video below) Gates was programming by 13 and he was developing his own programs by the time he was in University, and started Microsoft by the time he was only 20 years old. Gates went from hacking into programs at school, to deciding what girls he had in which classes, to being one of the richest men on the Earth with a 85.3 billion dollar net worth.
BILL GATES
Early Life:
Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates the III.
He was born on October 28 1955, in Seattle, Washington, were
he grew up with his two sisters, mother and father.
His father was a lawyer and his mother was a school teacher.
Education:
Gates went to public school for his first few years of school, but soon
transferred to Lakeside a private school in Seattle Washington. There
Gates found his passion for programming. During his time
at Lakeside, he was found to be brilliant in Maths and Sciences,
as well as English. Lakeside was grades 5-12. After he finished
at Lakeside, Gates went on to Harvard University, where he studied law.
While at Harvard he met Steve Balmer, who became Microsoft's chief executive
officer. His future in law did not last long as he dropped out in his junior year to
pursue Microsoft.
Microsoft:
Gates and a childhood friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft in
1975, but 1979 was when the most happened in the company.
They moved their office from New Mexico to Washington, they were
the first to win the ICP million dollar award for their microprocessor, their
market broadened to Europe, and they changed the company name from
Micro-soft to Microsoft.
Achievements:
Bill Gates biggest achievement was Microsoft, but he also has
won many awards, such as the National Medal of Technology and
Innovation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Distinguished
Fellow of the British Computer Society. In 1999 Gates wrote a non-fiction
book called 'Business @ The Speed of Thought' where talks about how
technology can help run businesses in today's society.
Quotes:
"People always fear change. People feared
electricity when it was invented, didn't they?"
"Life's not fair - get used to it!"
"To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks"
"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good"
Computer Background:
Computers came out at the time Gates was 13,
he made a comment in an interview saying
"I and a few others were the 'computer experts'
and [the teachers] were nice enough to let
us do the scheduling for classes" (video below)
Gates was programming by 13 and he was developing his
own programs by the time he was in University, and started
Microsoft by the time he was only 20 years old. Gates went
from hacking into programs at school, to deciding what girls
he had in which classes, to being one of the richest men on the Earth
with a 85.3 billion dollar net worth.
http://www.computerhistory.org/honorary/bill-gates
http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520#early-career
https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1979
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41619.Business_the_Speed_of_Thought
https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/11/diana-ross-ellen-degeneres-bill-gates-michael-jordan-more-get-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
https://addicted2success.com/quotes/27-inspirational-bill-gates-quotes/
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Bio
Multiple Choice
What year did Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft?
a) 1974
b) 1957
c) 1975
d) 1955
What age did Bill Gates start programming computers?
a) 14
b) 13
c) 21
d) 16